You are mighty because you mother

by Lisa-Jo | Oct 29, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

There are those who say that this is ordinary. But don’t let that fool you. “Mother” will always be the bravest, least ordinary, most difficult and utterly challenging career that anyone ever hopes to lay claim to. While others might hear, “diaper-changer, food-maker,...

Mom guilt. I’m getting over it.

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 9, 2013 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

I know in theory we all know there is no perfect mother. In reality, however, we seem to hold ourselves to a standard of motherhood that’s insane. I mean flat out, crazy-making, cuckoo land kind of nuts. And if that weren’t bad enough, we trick ourselves...

When you’re not sure if you want to be mom today

by Lisa-Jo | Jul 15, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

To all the mothers, the wanna-be-moms, and the I’d-rather-climb-Kilimanjaro-than-become-a-mom-thank-you-very-much-women, Sometimes on a Monday morning I think about you and how you might not have grown up thinking you wanted to be a mom. You might have dodged...

What I want my daughter to know about the mean girls

by Lisa-Jo | Jul 10, 2013 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

My tiny human, my gorgeous darling, my little one – you are a girl. You are our first girl and I will never stop celebrating it. You are a gorgeous, dimpled, delicious, just-two-year-old baby girl. And my darling, there’s some stuff that comes with being a girl that I...

For the desperate new mom who thinks she’s crazy alone

by Lisa-Jo | Jun 26, 2013 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

I had no clue how to be a mom. I had never done any real babysitting, never dreamed about my future kids, never wished for motherhood. And I had no idea that the labor continues long after the delivery. Consequently the first year of Jackson’s life was about the...

When your temper scares you – some suggestions for defusing

by Lisa-Jo | Jun 12, 2013 | Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

Sometimes you don’t realize you have a temper till you have kids. And then one night someone carves a pattern into the leather sofa. Or someone just  dumps a pencil sharpener out all over the floor. After you’ve told them not to touch it. Or someone else gets out of...